The Week in Android

Vroooooooom! Yes, that was a written representation of the sound of the week in Android shooting by with all the violent velocity of Usain Bolt being fired from a cannon. The reason for this perceived distortion of the temporal plane? Why, all the insane Android action each and every day, of course! Tell me you didn’t see that coming.

With apps and accessories hitting us from all angles, staying on top of the news and reviews over the last five days has been a challenge akin to anything faced by, say, solo round the world yachtswoman Elen McCarthy, Greek god-botherer Heracles or, erm, early 90s BBC helicopter honey Anneka Rice, but we’ve risen to meet it!

So here, you go and get stuck into the spoils of the open source OS while we catch our breath and high five each other in slow motion to 80s rock music. I’ll meet you at the bottom of the page to sign off with something equally silly…

THE APPS

Ringing in some subtle Shire changes on a familiar format to fans of build ’n’ battle Massively Multiplayer Strategy Action apps, with gratuitous Goblin grief running rife from beyond the Misty Mountains it’s time to cut out the middleman and take control of Middle Earth in an app that’s all Elf and no safety. We became Lord of the Things here.

According to the ancient Mayans, Doomsday is all set for December 21st this year, so rather than waste what little time you have left on Christmas shopping nobody will get to open, set yourself up with the finest Android time-keeper app around and use it to countdown the days to destruction! We opened up our own ‘Advent of Doom Calendar’ here.

Stick to your guns in this savage sideways scroller as the always on-coming evil army of ‘doodle enemies’ attempt to stick it to you in this hugely addictive app. Simple, straightforward and satisfying for skirmish sticklers, we got stuck in here.

THE NEWS

Stay linked up and legal while behind the wheel with the latest slice of Bluetooth in-ear innovation: the Marque 2 headset from Plantronics. Offering far more than mere car-chat, check out this essential Android accessory.

Picking up a Best of Innovations honour from the CES 2013 board, we take a look at the surprise arrival of a very real alternative to Google’s overdue Project Glass AR specs, the Smart Glasses M100 from advanced face-furniture specialists Vuzix.

While there’s a deluge of different device docks and wireless wonders being wheeled out in time for Christmas, LOA has been lending its collective ear to one that leaves all others eating its dust: the Logic 3 Ferrari Scuderia FS1…

Fresh for Friday, Korean creator of countless amazing Android assets, LG, announces a new addition to its Google TV-toting G2 series of sets that’ll put the TVs well ahead of the pack: OnLive…

AND FINALLY…

We would give you more but, like a Recommended Daily Allowance, too much of a good thing can be bad for you and, sorry, but it appears we’ve already accidentally exceeded your dose this week. So just sit down, stay calm and let the Android fact work its way through your system naturally for a couple of days. We’ll be back on Monday but, one last thing, could you possibly just sign these News Negligence waiver forms for us? We’re too pretty for prison…